The Red Sox continued to struggle on Tuesday, falling 4-2 to the lowly Detroit Tigers in their fifth-straight loss. Here are the takeaways.
The big picture
The Red Sox plated one run in the first inning and another when Hunter Renfroe homered in the third. But the bats went cold, and Garrett Richards couldn’t hold off the Tigers as they slowly chipped away. Miguel Cabrera homered in the second, the Tigers tied the game in the fourth, Akil Baddoo doubled and drove in a run in the fifth to give the Tigers the lead, and Robbie Grossman’s RBI single in the seventh created a two-run advantage.